1 Peter 4:8
And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
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9Keep open house for all with a glad heart;
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
Proverbs 18:13To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
Colossians 3:14And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
1 Timothy 1:5But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
James 5:12But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:8-12
Sobriety, Watchfulness, and Charity; Improvement of Talents. ( a. d. 66.) 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man… Read the whole commentary →